Eligibility denial; paternity.
(a)#
In this subsection, the department shall determine what constitutes a refusal to cooperate in accordance with 7 USC 2015 (l) and (m) and any federal regulations promulgated under 7 USC 2015 (l) and (m).
(b)#
An individual is ineligible to participate in the food stamp program in a month in which any of the following is true: 1. The individual satisfies all of the following: a. The individual is a custodial parent of or lives with and exercises parental control over a child who is under the age of 18 and who has an absent parent. b. The individual refuses to cooperate fully, in good faith, with applicable efforts directed at establishing the paternity of the child. c. The individual does not have good cause for refusing to cooperate, as determined by the department in accordance with 7 USC 2015 (l) (2) and any federal regulations promulgated under 7 USC 2015 (l) (2). 2. The individual is one of the following and refuses to cooperate fully, in good faith, with efforts directed at establishing the paternity of the child: a. Alleged to be the father under s. 767.80 of a child under the age of 18. b. A noncustodial parent of a child under the age of 18 for whom paternity has not been established.
(b)(1)#
The individual satisfies all of the following: a. The individual is a custodial parent of or lives with and exercises parental control over a child who is under the age of 18 and who has an absent parent. b. The individual refuses to cooperate fully, in good faith, with applicable efforts directed at establishing the paternity of the child. c. The individual does not have good cause for refusing to cooperate, as determined by the department in accordance with 7 USC 2015 (l) (2) and any federal regulations promulgated under 7 USC 2015 (l) (2).